The tale of Sgt Melvin C. Anderson of the 803rd Tank Destroyer Battalion [View all]
"Sgt Melvin C. Anderson worked in the dry cleaning business prior to joining the Army in 1942.
His tank destroyer took a direct hit
There were 5 men in the tank - three were killed and two escaped. Eyewitness accounts by the survivors said that Sgt Anderson was hit, but was trying to escape the burning tank destroyer. In the confusion, the two survivors lost track of him.
When the unit returned to the site two days after the attack, they found the burned out shell of the tank destroyer, but there were no bodies inside or out. The eyewitnesses also stated that the tank destroyer had broken thru the forest and was located on the outside edge of the forest when they were hit.
On 11 May 2018 the Defence POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that the remains of Sgt. Melvin C. Andeson were found and identified on 30 April 2018, buried in a grave at an ABMC cemetery as an unknown. A rosette will be placed next to his name at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten to indicate he has been accounted for."
https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-margraten-a/46301-anderson-melvin-c
Here is a link to a site which lists former MIA from the wars whose remains were identified this year.
http://www.pownetwork.org/remret2.htm
There are still over 70,000 service men and women that are unaccounted for from just WWII alone.
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